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As of December 2012 Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, had a population of 205,133 registered inhabitants The Rural Part of the municipality as well as the area near the center of Pristina, in terms of socio-economic processes is under the influence of population dynamics, both in terms of demographic regime, which is more expansive, and in addition mechanical population. This part of the municipality has a high density of population. According to some new data, the density of population in the municipality of Pristina is 247 inhabitants per km² While the population density of suburban area of the municipality without Pristina, as an urban center, is 123 inhabitants per km²〔Riza Qavolli ,''"Gjeografia Regjionale e Kosoves page.157"''〕 Pristina as an urban center with representative functions and its economic strength, has changed the population structure. Pristina with the surrounding space has become increasingly a concentration to a large population. While the mountain area, especially more distant areas have a displacement due to depopulation, especially after the recent war. The network of settlements on the territory of the Municipality of Pristina has some specifics. Such as distribution of settlements depends on the degree of economic development, natural conditions, socio-political circumstances, position. One of the features is also uneven distribution of the settlements. ==Historical== The history of the city was written by the stories of visitors, traders and different invaders of the country, according to which Pristina was built and destroyed many times by different conflicts that took place throughout the history. The oldest writings found place Pristina as a populated area in the middle of the 9th century. It lays north from the historical location of the Roman city Ulpiana which was destroyed in the coming years, fueling the development of Pristina as a new centrality. During the 14th century, the city became an important trade center due to the crossroad of some of the main arteries linking different parts of the region. In a very short time the city became an important meeting point of many different markets, especially Genova, Verona, Mantova and Firence led by the colony created by the traders coming from Croatia / Dubrovnik.〔(Population areas during years in Pristina ), official web site. Retrieved on 27 February 2014〕 Population statistics for Pristina start with the first census of 1874 when the region of Pristina had 1,567 houses, 258 villages and 19,260 inhabitants, 13,435 of whom were Muslims and 5,825 were Christians.〔Skender Rizaj, "Shperngulja e Shqiptarëve gjatë shekujve page.51"|〕 Based on the time of the Ottoman Empire, Pristina with the surroundings in 1878 had a total of 22,470 inhabitants of whom 16,462 Muslims, 4,686 Christian, 1,272 Gypsies and 50 Jews.〔Skender Rizaj,''"Vilajeti i Kosoves 1878(Rregullimi Politik dhe rrethanat kulturo-arsimore dhe demografike), II-III, 1970, page 240; Izber Hoti Prishtina me Rrethin dhe Gjurmime Albanologjike, XI-1981, page 181"''|〕 In 1896/1897 Kaza of Pristina had 56,286 inhabitants whom 21,462 inhabitants were males and 19,099 were females, respectively 40,561 Muslims, 5,907 males and 5,279 females, respectively 11,186 Christians; 1,305 males, 890 females respectively 2,195 Muslim Gypsies, 446 male, 265 female respectively Christian Gypsies; 869 males, 764 females respectively 1,6333 Latino Catholics - mostly Albanians. 〔Kosova Vilayeti Salnamesi,''1896, Uskup, Pristina, Prizen, Ipek, Yenipazar, Taslica, Stamboll,2000 page,185.''|〕 At this time the Kaza of Pristina had 241 villages. Except Ottoman Empire for the statistics and the number of population in Sandžak of Pristina has wrote also the Bulgarian author ''Marenini''. According to him, the number of population in the Sandžak triple and so this sanjak had 118,500 Albanians, 32,500 Serbs and 2,200 Jews or Circassian and total 175,500 inhabitants.〔Skender Rizaj, ''"Vilajeti i Kosoves 1878(Rregullimi Politik dhe rrethanat kulturo-arsimore dhe demografike), II-III,1970, page 240; Izber Hoti, Prishtina me Rrethinë dhe Gjurmime Albanologjike, XI-1981, page181"''|〕 Pristina according to Branislav Nušić consul, in 1902 Sandzak of Pristina had 220,000 inhabitants, of whom 2/3 were with Muslim religion. Others were Catholic and Serbs. Muslims and Catholics were all Albanians. Sandzak of Pristina consisted from 5 Kaza (Pristina, Gnjilane, Presevo, Vushtri, Mitrovica), with a total of 860 villages. Only Kaza of Pristina had 241 villages with 60.993 inhabitants, all of the Muslim religion.〔Sami Frasheri, ''"Vepra 7,"Rilindja", Prishtinë 1984 page 475-476"''|〕 Regarding the number of inhabitants, it should be noted that in 1905–1906 the territory of the municipality of Pristina belonged to Sandzak of Pristina and had 364.015 inhabitants, of whom 254.606 Albanian Muslims, 110.310 Albanian Catholics, Albanian Orthodoxs, Serbs, Romans also Bulgarians. While Pristina in the beginning of First Balkan War, according to the latest statistics from the Ottoman Empire had a total of 68.729 inhabitants of which 63.968 Albanians,3,093 Serbs, 547 Jews and 1,121 Romans.〔Albanian National Archives ''| Fondi:Mbrojtja Kombëtare e Kosoves, dos.22, dok.708,417;Izber Hoti, Prishtine me rrethinë.... Gjurmime Albanologjike, XI-1981 page.181''|〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demographics of Pristina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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